From a New Mexico man accused of biting off his girlfriend's toe to what is probably the worst Valentine's Day card ever, today's roundup of odd crime news reminds us that world is a very strange place.

Shoe department staffer bites off tip of ex-girlfriend's big toe
A New Mexico man employed part-time in the shoe department of a store in Santa Fe is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's house earlier this month and biting off the tip of her big toe. Daniel Anaya, 27, allegedly asked the woman first if he could smell her feet, but then threw her to the ground, stripped off her shoes and socks, and began biting. "The bite went through the nail bed and down to the bone," reports the Santa Fe New Mexican. A police officer said Anaya previously bit off a part of the nail of the same toe. Anaya faces a variety of charges. - via the Santa Fe New Mexican

Tackle by 82-year-old man named 'Miracle' stops suspect for police
Terry Miracle, an 82-year-old Washington man, called up his high school football training skills to stop a suspect running from police last Friday. Miracle was weeding in his garden when he heard the police chase nearing his yard. "He was coming at me just like the runners used to do when I played football," Miracle said. The senior citizen used a cross-body block to take down the 27-year-old suspect, though the fleeing man was able to get back on his feet and start running again.

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The delay gave police enough time to catch up and take him down for good.The suspect, Morgan Perry Bluehorse, was arrested and faces multiple charges. - AP via the Oakland Press

Valentine's Day card is anything but sweet
Flint Andrew Staton, a 30-year-old Pennsylvania man, was arrested for allegedly stalking his estranged wife last week. The list of things police say they found in his car: A Valentine's Day card titled "A Promise For My Wife" along with 39 pieces of paper that depicted violence and killing, knives, brass knuckles, wigs, a mask, duct tape, a handgun, stun gun, a Kevlar military helmet, a handgun shoulder harness, binoculars, gloves and a machete. He was wearing illegal body armor, police said. - via the Morning Call

Man's prosthetic eyeball pops out while he's testifying about how awful it is to lose an eye
It was so off-putting that two jurors gasped and rose from their seats as if they wanted to leave, reported the Philadelphia Inquirer about a case of mistrial-by-eyeball. John Huttick, a 48-year-old Pennsylvania man, was on the witness stand last week testifying about the impact of having lost his eye when "he literally lost his eye." He was weeping when his prosthetic eyeball popped out, and he caught it. The trial was about a bar fight in 2011 that ended with Huttick losing his eye. The judge ordered a mistrial and called the ordeal an "unfortunate, unforeseen incident." - Philadelphia Inquirer via Philly.com

Man fined for feeding a sausage roll to vegetarian police horses
In a case that conjures up memories of the scene from "Half-Baked" in which Harland Williams goes to jail for feeding people food to a horse, a man in Scotland was recently found guilty for feeding meat to a vegetarian police horse. Francis Kelly was found guilty of breaching the peace and fined earlier this month after police say he fed one of their vegetarian horses a sausage roll, according to STV Glasgow. Kelly claims he was petting the horses - in his words, stopping to give them "a wee clap" - when the horse snatched up the roll. Kelly's version of the story clearly did not persuade the judge. - via STV Glasgow

Woman complains that bed bugs are being put in her Sunday newspaper
A woman complained to police in late January that "an unknown woman was harassing her and had put bed bugs in her Sunday newspaper." She did not want to make a report because she feared the woman would continue to harass her. - via the Sun News
Half-eaten chicken sandwich passed off as pot gets man jail time
Dustin Davis, a 23-year-old North Carolina man, is facing felony charges because of a half-eaten chicken sandwich. The Times News reported that Davis was charged last week with selling marijuana even though what he really sold was a sandwich. Davis allegedly told an undercover police officer that an ounce of pot was inside the bag containing the sandwich.- via the Times News

Woman says she overreacted after ramming her boyfriend's car with his child inside
It appears to be a case of really bad communication that led a Pennsylvania woman to ram her car into her boyfriend's vehicle on Saturday. Though the two disagree about what the fight was about - she says it was a tax refund they were supposed to split, he says it was about her wallet - the bottom line is this: The 28-year-old girlfriend is accused of running her car into the rear passenger door of his car, where his child was seated. It is unclear whether the child was injured. The suspect, Abigael Hebenstreit, faces multiple charges and later told police she "overreacted" and "was not thinking," according to court documents. - via the York Daily Record